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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License.

Alicante or Delhi?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Alicante for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Alicante’s own page.

Choose Delhi for

  • culture and sights
  • shopping
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Delhi’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Alicante 82, Delhi 4: Alicante leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Delhi 84: Delhi leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante 46, Delhi 85: Delhi leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Delhi 44: Alicante leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Delhi 20: Alicante leads by 43 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Delhi 68: Alicante leads by 4 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Delhi 32: Alicante leads by 36 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Delhi 55: Alicante leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Delhi 78: Delhi leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Delhi 90: Delhi leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Delhi 55: Delhi leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Delhi 25: Alicante leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Delhi.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Delhi
53match

Wins on culture and sights and shopping with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
No seasea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AlicanteDelhi

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteDelhi
Official languageSpanishHindi, English
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112108 or 112
Elevation3 m221 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days-

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteDelhi
City population366,22126,495,000
People per km²1,81918,962
Museums within 10 km823
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km24
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

Where else could you go?

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.